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B. Grantee shall also provide Channel capacity on the System • available for lease in accordance with 47 U.S.C. § 532. C. The Grantee may use the public and educational access Channels required in this Section 6.05A for any non-commercial programming during those hours when the Channels are not in use by the general public or local educational authorities. Grantee shall provide a new state-of-the- art character -generator to provide bulletin board service with community - related announcements and messages on the government access Channel during those hours when the government access Channel is not in use by the City. D. No charges may be made for Channel time or playback of prerecorded or locally produced live programming on the access Channels required in paragraph A. E. Grantor shall establish rules pertaining to the administration of the specially designated access Channels required in this section. F. Grantee shall promote access programming to be shown on the access channels required in paragraph A. Grantee shall ryn daily announcements regarding the System times where and when access programming shall be shown on the System. Grantee shall also promote • the access facilities and equipment by inserting, at least twice annually, information into all cable Subscriber bills describing the access facilities and equipment and informing Subscribers of the procedures for utilizing same. Such information shall be developed by the City and provided in a format that Grantee can insert into mailings without requiring Grantee to modify its mailings. In the event that Grantee incurs additional expense in connection with such notice, it shall be permitted to pass this cost through to subscribers as a PEG related cost. Grantee shall also telecast all programs that it produces on the government access Channel in a style and manner in accord with the requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The City may, at its choosing, provide staff to promote the access channels and access programming and provide, on a regular basis, technical assistance and guidance to access users who may require help and support in utilizing the access equipment and facilities. is G. Unless Grantor agrees otherwise, each of the Channels made available to the City by Grantee for PEG use shall have sufficient capacity and functionality to permit City to utilize such PEG Channels in the same fashion as if such Channels were located on the Basic Tier of Service. It is the intent of the parties that the PEG Channel capacity shall have the same programming capabilities of other program service providers offered by Grantee over the System. 15